News from November 2021
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: EL PASO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced its renewal of a three-year alliance with T&T Staff Management Inc. to provide construction and general industry workers and companies with whom T&T works with information about workplace hazards and resources that promote workers’ rights and safe, healthful workplaces.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Oct. 31, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will speak at the National Press Club to discuss conservation priorities, including Interior's role in the President's Climate Action Plan, and strengthening the nation's economy through healthy lands, water and wildlife. The remarks at the National Press Club luncheon will be followed by a question and answer session.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - During today’s White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden announced that the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture have created the “Tribal Homelands Initiative.” This collaborative effort will improve federal stewardship of public lands, waters, and wildlife by strengthening ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following through on the Trump Administration’s priorities of keeping promises to the American people and being a good neighbor, the U.S. Department of the Interior today honored a commitment made more than 70 years ago to residents of Swain County, North Carolina by way of a $35.2 million ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced he has authorized the establishment of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois, eventually providing up to 11,200 acres of habitat for wildlife as well as outdoor recreational opportunities within easy driving distance of millions of people.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced over $50 million in funding to states through the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program. The funds will support state conservation efforts of non-game fish and wildlife.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the approval of three major renewable energy projects that, when built, are expected to deliver up to 520 megawatts to the electricity grid – enough to power nearly 200,000 homes – and to help support more than 900 jobs through construction and operations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Ohio. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $23 million in Ohio as part of the recovery plan signed by ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of the Interior today launched a new data portal that raises the bar on transparency of natural resource revenue by offering the public a one-stop shop to access revenues paid for developing energy and mineral resources on public lands and waters at the company and commodity level for the first time.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that $11.8 million has been awarded to the White Mountain Apache Tribe as part of a self-determination construction cooperative agreement to greatly expand the current water delivery system to meet the critical needs of the tribe. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In light of the severity of current fire activity, the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) has raised the National Fire Preparedness Level (PL) to 5 – the highest readiness level for wildland fire operations. With more than 60 large, active wildfires burning across 13 states ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the designation of 26 national historic landmarks and one national natural landmark as places that possess exceptional value and quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Currently there are only 2,527 designated national historic landmarks and 592 national natural landmark sites across the country that bear this national distinction.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has completed a review of allegations that officials and scientists in the National Park Service (NPS) suppressed or failed to disclose existing or available NPS data related to aquaculture activities and harbor seal populations in the upper portion of Drakes Estero within Point Reyes National Seashore (PORE) in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: POINT ARENA, CA – Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined with hundreds of community members to celebrate President Obama's designation of the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the California Coastal National Monument. The President's action establishes the first shoreline addition to monument, protecting approximately 1,665 acres of public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy development, including renewable energy, the Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is taking important steps forward in the assessment of a proposed project to demonstrate floating offshore wind technology on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Maine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to Sheldon Sankey of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma region, for developing fire prevention and education programs that promote partnerships at the local, state and Federal levels.”
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Tomorrow, February 4, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will announce a new federal advisory committee that will provide advice to the government on wildlife conservation and hunting issues and promote efforts to preserve America's hunting heritage for future generations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OVANDO, MT – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Senator Jon Tester and local ranchers at Rolling Stone Ranch to highlight the successes of the Blackfoot Challenge and the Working Lands Council, public-private partnerships that help conserve the Crown of the Continent's scenic landscapes ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a trip to New Mexico, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced he and the Department - through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - intend to finalize the process to consider whether to accept the donation of 3,595 acres (formerly known as the Rimrock Rose Ranch) that are adjacent to Sabinoso Wilderness to be included as part of the wilderness.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed Secretary's Order 3345 (Order) to temporarily redelegate authority for vacant, non-career, Presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed positions for which there is no Principal Deputy. Of note, Lanny Erdos will be exercising ...
